A regatta underway on the Danube in Prague. Pairs of young men row several canoes. The participants maneuver their canoes through rough waters. People seated along the river to watch the race. Women in bathing suits among the crowd.
A track meet underway in Berlin. Flags outside the stadium. An athlete ties his shoe laces. A large crowd in the stadium. The race begins. Athletes running on the track. Another race begins with a gunshot. Athletes running, winner crosses the finish line. Crowd applauds and cheers.
An anti-Communist demonstration at a Paris cinema in German-occupied France during World War 2. People wait outside the venue. Sign reads 'Le Peuple Russe Contre le Bolchevisme.' A large crowd inside the cinema hall including civilians and some German military officers. The crowd applauds as a French speaker takes the stage. Vichy French speaker addresses the crowd. School girls and flags behind him on the stage.
Vichy French troops recruited for the Axis war effort sing as they march through the streets of German-occupied France during World War 2. Soldiers' luggage lying at the train station, as they are inspected. Nazi German soldiers and officers seen near the group at railroad station platform. Soldiers bid farewell to their families. They board the train and wave goodbye. Chalk writing on doors of train includes a Nazi death head symbol and "Vive 8 Compagnie," possibly a reference to the 8th Sturmbrigade SS Frankreich. However, more likely is that these are soldiers of the Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism, or LVF, as a "Vive LVF" message can also be seen written in chalk on the side of a train car. Soldiers and civilians on the platform salute the soldiers as the train leaves the station.
A map shows area around Orel in Russia. German forces fall back from Orel. Military trucks and trains carry material to the front. German tanks, artillery, antiaircraft guns, buses and aircraft. German soldiers in a field. Soviet prisoners. A German officer talks to a captured Soviet soldier. The Soviet prisoners stack arms. Large quantities of captured armor and equipment and arms. German Pz.IV Lang tank beside a cottage. Soldiers sit in a group as one plays an accordion. German soldiers bathe, get a haircut and clean themselves. Two German soldiers read a newspaper with a German Shepherd dog beside them. Others eat and drink. (World War II period).
Soviet airplanes in flight over German positions on the eastern front during World War 2. German soldiers fire machine guns at aircraft. Smoke from bombardment. Bombing in the fields. German soldiers run for cover. A clash between Soviet and German tanks and a Soviet tank is destroyed by German tanks. Soviet tanks and German tanks during battle. Soldiers fire antiaircraft guns and artillery including closeup views firing a light field howitzer. A destroyed U.S. tank (from lend-lease program). Closeup of gaping hole in tank. Destroyed Soviet tanks. A demolished Soviet train in flames. (World War II period).
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